Investment Managers

Marcus Brooks MA, ASIP
Director - Investment (Head of Investment Policy and Strategy)
After graduating from Oxford University Marcus worked for the SG Warburg Group and Kleinwort Benson Investment Management in London, before moving to Stewart Ivory & Co. Ltd in 1994. At Stewart Ivory he was responsible for UK Equity and Fixed Interest investment and managed Investment Trust, Unit Trust, Pension and Charity portfolios. Marcus was a Director of Stewart Ivory, a member of the Asset Allocation and Audit Committees and Chairman of the Pension Fund Trustees. He joined Cornelian Asset Managers in May 2002. He manages the team of Investment Managers as well as client portfolios and chairs the Investment Committee.


June Jessop BCom (Hons), ASIP
Director - Head of Charities
June joined Cornelian in 2006 and leads the Charity Portfolio management team as well as managing private client portfolios. After graduating from Edinburgh University June joined Stewart Ivory & Co Ltd managing Investment Trust, Unit Trust and Charity portfolios. June became Head of Charities, a specialist unit created within Stewart Ivory, in 2000. Following its acquisition by Adam and Company Investment Management (AIM) in 2002, she continued to specialise in charity portfolio management and was appointed a Director of AIM in 2004.


Jeremy Richardson BA (Hons)
Director - Chief Executive Officer
Jeremy was a Private Client Stockbroker at Greig Middleton & Co Ltd in Glasgow from 1987 to 1992. Jeremy joined Cornelian Asset Managers in 1992 and led the management buyout in 2000. In addition to his duties as Chief Executive, Jeremy advises clients on portfolio
investment, asset allocation and future planning.
investment, asset allocation and future planning.


Colin Robertson MA
Associate Director
Colin joined Cornelian Asset Managers in March 2003 from Aberdeen Asset Managers, previously working with Singer & Friedlander and Tilney Asset Managers. Colin has over 19 years experience managing portfolios for private clients, pension funds and charitable funds. Colin's role is management of client portfolios and investment research.


Stephen Hunter BCom (Hons), ASIP
Associate Director
Stephen joined Cornelian Asset Managers in 1998 after working for ABN AMRO Asset Management in London where he worked as Assistant Fund Manager on the ABN Amro UK Growth Fund as well as private client portfolios. Stephen's role at Cornelian is management of client portfolios and investment research.


Bill Bulloch BSc (Hons) MSc
Associate Director
Bill joined Cornelian in July 2008 from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership where, as Development Director he was responsible for establishing their 'liability driven' investment capabilities. Prior to this he was an investment manager with Abbey National. Bill's role at Cornelian is the management of client portfolios together with new product development for private clients and intermediaries.

Gillian Bailey BA (Hons), ASIP
Associate Director
Gillian joined Cornelian in January 2008 from Standard Life. She has over 19 year's investment experience which includes being a Director and Head of UK Equity Research at Abbey National Asset Managers and Investment Manager at Murray Johnstone. She was responsible for US bond funds and undertook UK equity stock selection and fund management for pension funds and charitable funds. Gillian's role at Cornelian is management of client portfolios and investment research.

David Graham ASIP
Senior Investment Manager
After working in the investment departments of The Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh and Commercial Union in London and Japan, David relocated to Scotland with General Accident in 1995 and joined Cornelian Asset Managers in 1998. He was head of Japanese Equities at Commercial Union and General Accident. In addition, he was joint head of overseas equities and was a member of the asset allocation committee. David's role at Cornelian is management of client portfolios and investment research.

Craig Joiner MSI
Investment Manager
Craig joined Cornelian Asset Managers in 2005 having been a professional rugby player for nine years. He assists in the day to day running of client portfolios and investment research. Craig has recently gained his Securities & Investment Institute Diploma.